On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:03:33 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:10:43 -0600, Arri London >
>> wrote:
>
>>>> Wow! The Corpus Christi folks we used to make tamales with were a lot
>>>> better looking than that thing. <G> We made upwards of 200 dozen every
>>>> Christmas and shared them out. No extruders other than two hands.
>>> Locally (and elsewhere) a masa spreader is sold for spreading the masa
>>> which looks remarkably like a tool sold in the DIY places for spreading
>>> plaster, drywall mud or cement
>>>
>>> See one he http://www.texasrollingpins.com/tamalespreader.html
>>>
>>> The ebay listing says it takes years to spread masa properly. Not true
>>>
>>
>> The demo got to me. We ordered one. I've never seen anything like
>> it. Call me a sucker. <g>
>>
>> Lou
>
>
>Wow, I really like that. But I think a 5" or 6" taping knife would do
>the exact same thing.

I thought of that too but it wouldn't have the little tracks on the
edges. Kinda like the guides I've seen for rolling out pie dough.
I've tried using a frosting spreader and a flipper with not so good
results. I'll have to do it on my counter and a metal scraper would
destroy the counter.

>It never occurred to me to spread all the masa
>first and just pile up the husks, then do all the filling/rolling as a
>separate step. (batch processing) :-)

It was a new idea to me too.

>Wife will be out of town this weekend (in case it's a disaster) I
>might have to try it. I have all the ingredients already in the
>freezer...

Let us know how it turns out! Good luck.

Lou